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Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967 Adolf Hiter's Luxurious Automobile Seen By Thousands in Market Street. Children Do More Harm to Battleship Missouri Than Japs Could in War

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.529.05 Author/Creator: Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967 Place Written: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 4 November 1945 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated November 4, 1945. Two articles are present one is concerning Adolf Hitler's car which is being displayed on Market Street in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. The second article is regarding school children who visited the battle ship Missouri. According to the article they did more damage to the ship in a day then the Japanese did the whole war.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963
Hershey, Milton Snavely, 1857-1945

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